Nicolas Sarkozy Begins Prison Sentence For Criminal Conspiracy Over Libyan Funding

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 21: Carla Bruni and Giulia Sarkozy are seen outside their home on October 21, 2025 in Paris, France. The former French president (2007 and 2012) will serve five years for criminal conspiracy in Santé prison, Paris, over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. Sarkozy is the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. His son, Louis, has organised a party of well wishers to see his Father off from their home. (Photo by Pierre Suu/Getty Images)